I just brewed a pale ale using Centennial for bittering and a couple oz of Citra for flavor & aroma. I'll let you know how it turns out. I also added dried sweet orange rind & fresh lime zest at the 15 minute mark (I really like the citrus flavors!). I'm a little nervous because I pitched onto the yeast cake from a hoppy amber, so it's a bit of an experiment all round.
Citra hops
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The Citra pale ale came out pretty good -- the hops & citrus inclusions give a slight bitterness at the back of the palate, but also a really nice, bright aroma. Pitching onto the yeast cake from the previous ale doesn't seem to have made any real difference. No funky yeast flavors. I don't get any of the famous Citra cat pee aroma, just a nice light citrus quality.
Dronfieldbrewer
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In my opinion to get the best from Citra, use a bit of northern brewer or northdown to bitter it off then wallop it at the end of the boil with Citra.
IE.
for 25 litres go with say
20gms of Northern Brewer or similar amount of Northdown at start of 90 min boil.
this will do the job of getting the bitterness.
then last 15 mins of boil....35gms of citra, then when switching off the boil bung another dollop of citra and let the brew rest for 20 mins or so.
after the 20 mins rest, chuck the chiller in and drop it to pitching temp. Use a good fruity yeast like WLP002 and let it chugg away.
The brew will smell delicious throughout the ferment and the aroma when brewed is brilliant. You will get grapefruit, melon and mango flavours dancing all over the place when sampled
IE.
for 25 litres go with say
20gms of Northern Brewer or similar amount of Northdown at start of 90 min boil.
this will do the job of getting the bitterness.
then last 15 mins of boil....35gms of citra, then when switching off the boil bung another dollop of citra and let the brew rest for 20 mins or so.
after the 20 mins rest, chuck the chiller in and drop it to pitching temp. Use a good fruity yeast like WLP002 and let it chugg away.
The brew will smell delicious throughout the ferment and the aroma when brewed is brilliant. You will get grapefruit, melon and mango flavours dancing all over the place when sampled
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Am just in the process of making a double IPA of around 9-10% Abv....so far the hops ive used are 100g of Amarillo ...50 grams of Cascade and 100 grams of Citra which was added mostly at the end of the boil...the aroma from the citra is just lovely and after 3 days fermenting the aroma is still just beautiful......am also thinking of dry hopping with 50-100grams of citra after fermentation in the primary....i will wait and see how it shapes up but so far it smells like heaven.....The aroma is very similar to Amarillo but far more pronounced and awesome citrus grapefruit and fruity tones.....will see how it all ferments out in a few weeks...was 1.082 OG so should be a nice strong and malty double IPA styled brew with bags of aroma... fingers crossed this is only my third brew...
dennisking
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I found bittering with Challenger and finishing with Citra a good combination.
